Driving mechanism for accessories in transport vehicles



Sept. 11, 1951 p BEEMER 2,567,504

DRIVING MECHANISM FOR ACCESSORIES IN TRANSPORT VEHICLES Filed May 16, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l Fir INVEN TOR.

1 ,401. K BEEME firraehsys.

Sept. 11, 1951 p, BEEMER 2,567,504

. DRIVING MECHANISM FOR ACCESSORIES IN TRANSPORT VEHICLES 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 16, 1950 Zia INVENTOR.

12104 K BEEMEQ,

.ticin ofiapreferred and illustrative form.

Patented Sept. 11, 1951 STAT ES PATENT orifice DRIVING MECHANISM rolmeenssomns TRANSPORT vsnronns Paul :K-. Beemer, Pasadena, Cali1';',";assig'l'lor' to Preco. Incorporated,

eLos 'Angeles, 'Calif.,' a eorporationoLCalifoi-nia.

Application Ma'y-'16; 1950, Serial Noni62,198

1 Claim" (01. 105112) mechanism issenerally. a l able to the driving;

gear-.of a .vehicle.,. It has ,been designed. particue forrailroadicar. ventilation and for air circulation :in. refrigerator ,cars, andiwill be. s described in the. following detailed specification .but withont;

limitationthereto.

suekzascartraction rollet'omioneaend"of the'drive -l5s:-and,side wall structure I.I. Atypical airimpeller shaftra-ndicazzbelt sheave-con the-other, are-thus: urgedrintoeefiect'rve zpower transmissiomrelation 1 with vithtnwheel andiaxl'e tunittof thezcariand with a'trsmsmission belt: I Imithat: general itype ofrldi-ive' mechanism; 1 said copmding iapplicationfintroducesi certain im# provements which, among oth'erth'in'gs, provide foi the usesof a torsion-spring which is mounted Within 'a; -hollow mounting shaft, and provide a simplified mounting =of' tlie' drive 4 shaft carrier on th'emounting shaft'f- This present application is concerned with certain further improvements in'that simplifieil mounting; particularly with a viewtdthe inexpensive manufacture of'a rugged and' durable device: Certain" other improvements have to" da with the journal mountingiof' the mounting ;shaft;- Th'ese and other improvements and'preferreddetails"will be best understood from the iolldwing 'detailed'description of. preferred embodiments; "reference for that purpose being, hadto theaccompanying' drawingsjin which I F f'i is a vertical section, in the plane indi: cated byline-*l| onEig; 2, showing the applicaof..the. inventio'ntoa railway car;v

Fi'g;;2 is ;a side elevation of the subject of Eig.. 1,... certain pants-beinggbroken awayior illustrative.-,. K -HD5 1 Fig? 4 is" an .enlarged' detail section le -4 of-Fig. 2;;

Figi'5 .isan expanded perspective ofp'arts which..- are partiallygshownin Fig. 91;

Fig; 6 is an enlarged fragmentary. detail .of themounting; arm structureby which the .drive shaft. carrier isimounted on. .thesmountingshaft;

Fi'gi'l is'a. detail section on line 8-'-8 of.Fig. 6,.. and" F1218 is a schematic. plan of..parts..correspond;=.-

unit,.such as that set out .in the .Van Dorn patent ahovereferredato is shown at I2, and its driving; shaftis. shdwn at..l 3.1 For the purposesoftmy invention; the ,drivingshaft. 3,. is not necessarily; 20,:thesha'ft' whihfiireetlyi; drives air impeller J2; itimay be .anyshait through which any accessory driven In this particular illustration, how: everthe ,air irnpellerv is mounted onthelcar floor' with iitstshaft ;extending "transversely of the .car. 7 and. it ,is imost.,,convenient, and simple vto 1 extend thatshaft l3! outwardlythrougm or. into the side. wallfstructureil Landto applythe drive transmission from.theidriving.shaftofthedrive mechanisnndirectlyhtor that extended driveishaft I 3. :='*Acc0rdingly,'.as here. shown theaecessory driving p shaft 1| 3...extendsmut. through the inner facing; I lar'ofi thecar walljnto and througharecess.I-lb which-is formed. in the, .car. wall. .Inj,.that .recess. shaftll 3! isrequippedw with, a. driving .sheave. .l 4;: ;;iand .at its endithepshaftgl 3; is equipped rwithianauxiliaryr drive eadapter I 5-.whi.chliesi-nan. open-n: ingj Sin the; exterionwall sheathing Jlc and sulL-s.

stantiallyv flu'slr'nvith -the outer. surface ,.of that...

sheathing.. 40%: Under-ithe .car.fioor=.a hollow-mounting shafts 201s hung fromthevcanbody in aposi-tionsub. stantially,horizorita1.andtransverse .ofsthe lengths. ofwthe... car...- At. .its inner .end. ,shaft 20 may be. rotatabl-yrsupportedi on ha. bearing ,bracketaz l ;iwhi'ch...is .mountedruponanyosuitable part ofthe. under-floor structure. 1- .At. its .outenend see Fig; 4).:shaft1ll isrmountedto rotateon the inwardlye. prpjectingplpg-like. endipartvnhofia fitting 24;:- whiclr is. mounted in-on includes supporting plate. -or flange 24a. (See Figs-.A and.5--for..the laterdescribed detai1-s, of. thism'rnounting.)-v Fitting- 24 is '.rotatably-asettable. .in.. p1ate'.-2 5 secured. to the-i careframing andis -securedptorther plate in any 1 setrpositionbyl-ithestud zor. bolt-26.4? The fitting is I 55 slottedsorwnotchediat 2 1 tdreceive one end-"cram i e'tto those shownin Fig. ,6 and-showing a. mom? Likewtherimechanisrnsi of.the previous patent" andsappliciation, the, present. improved driving;

of various types, ofaecessorieefrom the runningj..

larly witha view, tothe drivingpfan air impellergr Inthe drawings,. ,parts ofatypical car. bodygg. structure are shown, including floor structure 10' views, counter-clockwise as viewed in the aspects of Figs. 2 and 3. The fitting may then be secured in its set position by the bolt 26." Toao'commo-i'gl date the rotational adjustment of the fitting either it or plate 25 might be provided with slotted openings or a series of bolt holesI ;These. are' not shown in the drawings, the illustration being based on the supposition that bolt holes are drilled through plate 25 in the positions which suit the selected position of the fitting.

The driving shaft 40 is mounted in bearings (not shown) in a. tubular shaft carrier 41 Driving" shaft '40. is driven at its inner end '(its end closerto the car center) from the running'gear" ofptheijcarjfromjsome element which rotates with. the wheel and axle unit; andjpreferably directly from a. car wheel, suchas the car wheel illustrated at 50 .Driving from'the car wheel,

thedrive is preferably through a traction roller which normally engages the. tread of the wheel. QShaft'carrier tube Al and shaft are supported on mounting shaft 20 incsucha manner transyerselyextending axis of mountin shaft 20,-Tand"also in such .a manner that each end of drlveshaft 40 isv allowed independent move:

mentin the same general direction. The shaft carrier, .tube. Al .is supported from mounting shaft 20 by, an armjstru'cture. I0 :whichsupports the carrier at a single, selected medial point in such mannen that that. medial point bf the" tube that 40 and are movable as a whole aboutthe,

is 'fj'carjried by vthe. arm structure in a circular.

pathffaround teenager mounting shaft 20, and; insuch manner that the carrier may also swing: abgutjthat mjedial point in a plane which is sub-. 7

stantially normalto theradial extent of the arm structure, for about theradial axis of the arm structure. f. Details of this are described later.

Tube ,llj and. driving shaft]!!! are ffs'upported in. such a, position that thetread face 51 .of the traction roller iscnormally in about the central plane of the car wheel tread as shown in Fig. 1, and' a belt sheave 80 on the other or outer end of drive shaftjlll is'in the plane of she'avel M on accessory drivin shaft l3. is driving belt Bl encircles the two sheaves. The torsional strain of torsion spring 28, tending 'to rotate the parts in the relative directions indicated tends at all times to press the traction roller against the car wheel tread and also 'to move sheave 80 downwardly away from sheave I4 and to keep driving beltlBi tight. With any .givenjse'tting 01, Spring 28 the relation of the forces which press. the traction roller against the'car wheel and which tense the driving belt depends upon the location of the chosen medial point at which 4|) is supported, that is, upon.the"relative spacings of sheaveBO. In therelative position shown in Fig. 1 the force applied to the traction roller is the greater, but that relative position may be varied as is found desirable.

The relative movement between the car body and car wheel include relative vertical movement of the spring-supported body; and relative swivelling movements of the car wheel about the swivelling axis of the truck. In following the car '65 that point from 'the traction roller and from;

wheel during both such relative movements the traction roller moves up and down in a line. of movement which is generally about the axis of mounting shaft 20, while sheave and the outer end of driving shaft lll remain substantially stationary. In operation, the only vertical movement-of sheave Bll 'and its end-ofthe'shaftis the slight movement which takes place under the pressure of spring 28 to keep belt 8| tight as it stretches or shrinks. Thus, in practical operationthesupported medial point of shaft carrier 4t and of driving shaft 4|] swings up and down in a plane around mounting shaft 20 and the carrier and shaft also swing essentially about an axis which passes transversely through shaft 40 at sheave 80 and which is generally represented by the dash-line A in Fig. 2.

In driving mechanisms of the type hereunder consideration it' is desirable to provide means for disabling the drive and to disengage both the 'p'owe'r transmissions "when operation: of the accessory-is not desired during car travel, or for" operating 'the accessory by' an' auxiliary drive: Such'an auxiliary drive may be 'appli'ed'through the fitting l5 as described in'the previous patent and application. For disengaging the transmis sion an'arm i loosely pivoted at one'end on the mounting shaft and normally rests on a '1 supporting lug 92 which projectsinwardly from 1' When arm SUismanually swung up to such a position as thatindicated' in dotted lines in Fig. 2, it swings up under shaft. carrier 4| near sheave B0 to liftthe carrier-audi sheave, and also swings up andliftingly engages a member 93 which is rigidly mounted on mount-' ingshaft 20." Thus; when arm 90 is swung up" andho'okedin'upper position on a lugsuch as' indicated at 95,- moun'ting shaft '20 is rotated in clockwise direction in Figs. 2 ,-ands3,'-swinging' mounting plate 25.

arm structured-U upwardly and-lifting shaftcarfrier 4| at the point of'arm support'of the car-#- 7 rier." .By that action traction roller 49 i alsorxz lifted; to disengage it; from the car wheel at:;the

same time that sheave 80 is lifted. "When the sheave is lifted, belt guards flirnmounted on car- 1: rier4l lift the'beltal to liftits upperpart offs sheave l4.

The structures, as they have been so far gen-5- erally described, are-similar to vthose setout insaid prior application, to which reference may be had for further details and the particulars of operation of a mechanism of this type wherein the driving shaft carrier is supported from the mounting shaft at a single medial point-about which it swings on the supporting arm structure in a plane generally parallel. to the mounting shaft and generally normal to the radial extent of the arm structure.

As before mentioned, the inner endof the flat torsion spring 28 is mounted ina member 28 at.

teriaLwhich serves as one member of a relatively, rotatable mounting for the inner end of the mounting tube, the other member being the pin I04 carried by bracket which is made of such" formand dimensions asto be mounted inany M The following now de scribes the improvement which are the partlcular subject matter of this present application. Q.

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are rundersfioomstructm-ege foirf instancerom arr 'nglei lflli'ianrtisupportzspirr:

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tion: mfzithez'outemend for? the: mounting ;:tubez 2 iszsnecessamrinausettingt itszidistamezifromi; the;

Ther-xzrelationr :of then two crelativelya rotatable memberss? I02 Hand: I 04 mightcbe reversed ;';;that is;

membererl Mnor theendznfi "tube -but::the :i11ustrat'edrformz is simpler-rand preferredr Preferably; thezrubber: plug; oribushing-I 02-:fltsipinvl 04: tightly-,: so: thatarelativet rotation, .and: anyi.oth'er-,relar tlve-r'movements of .'-the *partsgztareaallowed :by,

rubbercdistortion rather thambwfrictional suresfacet movements: I

Asiihasbeenrstatedgathe:othenroni-iouten end x-Ofw: tube: Innis-z supported-rem.flttingg24-rmountedronw platen 2.5a As illustratema this; ;fltting has: a plate! or r'flEHEBZilGAfidMBdi to sberboltedz or otherwise -isecured: against rthe:outenfaceotrplate rinsits' 'v adjusted;:: spring; stressingp position;

The plug portion :ofrfthe d'ittingywhich projectssthrough:

plate 2 5::and=journalse.the routers end--of tube. 2 0.; is where formedtofr-twoss sleeve segments I. I 0 :each

securedtoao-rformedw integrally with; flange 24w" and'iseparated sbyanotchesz' II hot: i-sufiicient' width; to freely accommodate the-fhelix 3115183170 which i flange 24a and the extreme outeraend offspring;-

28 seats in. the.e.veshaped.notch 2T formed in a member I I4'seoured 'to'or'formed integrally with plate-flange 24a. tui'e; is 'madei'bycprovidingflangecuit with? a hole large enbughritoipassnthei tubular: structure 23 I I 0.1- Thatratubular.strnctunezr-ismelded towmem beat KI I4 i andisthahlnemberi. isa- :then weldedi'afto flange Nit-Witlnl.ILprojectingsthrough 24o? In :the'sprefrreclstructuretasf shown, the Pabut; ment or near abutment of the outer end of tube 20 against the inner face of plate 25 confines the mounting tube against outward axial movement. To confine it against inward axial movement a flange II6 on tube 20 is confined against inward movement by a bracket II8 mounted on the inner face of mounting plate 25. bracket II8 has a notch I20 in one edge for receiving tube 20 with flange I I6 outward of the bracket. In assembly on a car, after mounting plate 25 and its attached parts have been permanently mounted on the car framing and mounting pin I04 has been mounted approximately in correct position, the whole assembly of 20, 10, H and its carried parts, and lever 90, can be quickly put in place by moving it into approximate position with journal plug I02 on the tapered end of pin I04 and with the outer end of mounting tube 20 projecting outwardly beyond plate 25 in a position against or close to plate edge 2511. That edge is close enough to the final mounted position of tube 20, that, with the distortability of rubber bushing I02 it can then he slid over the pin. With the outer end of 20 inside the inner face of plate 25, tube 20 is then swung horizontally into the notch I20 (which preferably opens horizontally). The notch then registers tube 20 in approximate position for receiving the journal portion 23 of fitting 24 which, after inserting spring 20, is next inserted in place. With the stress setting of spring 28 the mechanism is ready for operation.

Preferablysthe fitting "strucr-x As illustrated,

6 Insotars-asrtheoinrventidm or tneapresentr-applr cation isiconcemedgthezspring receivinglnotc'n at-i nmand atm mayz'bei of any formz: The for mation, suohe-asi aavs' notch', whi'ch l engages the? extremersprtn' -endsiexclusively-i is; in itself: not

the subject otithespresentiinvention butis'ithe subject matterrofia copendingapplication of: Pauli ZJ Anderson, a filedf 'oll? May" 2.21 1950;: Sen Non: 163,5281 1 Manual .lift: arm. 90 hasten :its: pivoted end: a hookis'form'atiom:90an=which' .is aho'oked; .:aroundi: mounting tubezzmfunderflthe member 33,1 inr'fther prose assembly ofi'xthe'mechanismrbefore*placementu on itlre scar: Abutmentnmember .93 is hererinthe formrofcaisaddle welded to tube 20 'andtoverlyingtx armrismtootakezthe lift of-i'the arm andialso to'eir confineotherarnri'axiallyiioniithetube;

Thea: supporting'c-z' arm 1": structure specincall-y e' shownzzimisaidccopending: application compnises' whatimaygxbetdescribedi asran: zarmcontaining'ca a swivel'psuch" as axftarmz: with rtwow'relatively *ro tatableiipartsu The::improv e'd arm structureiof thenpresentzzinventiomrhasi a'dvantages' of rug gedness; 'durability due rparticularly wto': lack 'oi'zzr wearingzparts',:cheapness: of construction, andzin =wexpensiveness of ii'feplac'ement of any deteriorated-- pants:

The: arm structure 10 as." here shown 'is boom-" posed of two (preferably. duplicate elements em-.

. bodying satwo arm; elements 1 I i one rigidly I secured:

to" mounting shaft-z '2 0 eandrthe other" to shaft carrier Masassby weldingnatatheir largembasea; ends at Ila. These armwelements lie :closelyi alongside each other. They can be ands-pref- ,erably are formed of sheet; metalewith= squarish basesandiround attheir outerfends rwhereithey arewprovidediwith enlargements or flanges- 12;;1 These: 'outer: flanged ends are :held in-rubber on similar bushing blocks-J3 inisooket boxes.- I4which--: arefsecured, .as'by-k weldingr15, totubes: zogandz 4-I- and Fto :the base'scof arm-i elements *I I Keys 7-16, passed :through fopeningsin-the box =wa=llsr holdthe rubber rblocksccompressedin, place: The rubberblocksrpreferably fit tight y-=--around.therflangedy. arm ends and also tightly by precompression in the boxes, so that relative movements between the and elements and tubes 20 and M are allowed by rubber distortion rather than by relative frictional movement. The arm structure thus has no relatively moving parts which need to be machined or formed with any particular accuracy, and has no frictionally wearing parts. While a merely loose or free fit of the arm ends in the sockets would allow of the necessary relative movements, such fitting involves frictional contact and wear. It is pointed out that, due to the spacing of the two arm-receiving sockets by approximately the full arm-length, the pressures exerted on the relatively moving parts by the reaction forces generated at roller 49 and sheave are relatively small. However the precompressed rubber bushing blocks, allowing the same" freedom as a loose fit, are preferred because, without involving surface friction and wear, they allow all the necessary movements by distortion and without any free looseness. And the rubber blocks are easily replaced when deteriorated.

The action of the arm structure I0 is, in general substance, to support and guide the selected medial point of shaft carrier 4| in a movement of translation alon a line transverse of mounting shaft 20 (specifically, in an arcuate movement about that shaft); to transmit the force of the stressed spring to the shaft carrier at that inter- :medi'ate point; and to-allow-the shaft carrierto :swing. about that point in a plane defined enerally by its own axis and substantially normal ito the radial extent of the arm structure.

The arm element Ila, rigidly mounted on :mounting shaft 20, carries the shaft carrier 4| on its outer end in such manner that the .carrier oan swing about its point of support on theend 0f that'arm element. That point may be taken tube a point on the axis of that arm element near its outer end. The spring pressure is trans-- tmitted to the carrier through that sam arm element at that point. Arm element: lib, rigidly mounted on' carrier H and flexibly connected with mounting shaft it limits that swinging movement of the carrier to a swinging moveanent about an axis determined by that point "of:

support and a corresponding point in the flexible connection of 1 lb with 20. Such axis is indicated atin 'Fig'. 6; Such an'axis is nearly enough radial of 20 and'normal to 4| as to give II the desired 2 swinging freedom. The swinging axis could of course be made precisely radial to 20 and normal to ll by the simple expedient of, for'instance, off-setting the arm elements in such a manner as schematically illustrated in Fig. 8, where Bl indicates the resulting radial and normal axis. In that figure Ill! and 1 are the two offset arm elements mounted respectively on 20 and H and flexibly connected at the two directly opposed sockets Mll. But the simple structure and arrangement shown in Fig. '7 has been found;

adequate for all practical purposes.

I claim:

Driving mechanism of the character described for driving a car-body-mounted accessory from the wheel and axle element supporting the car body; said driving mechanism including a mounted shaft rotatably mounted on the car body, spring means connected to the body and to the rotatable mounting shaft and urging its rotation in one direction, a driving shaft in spaced relation and normally substantially parallel to the mounting shaft, a shaft carrier on intermediate the ends-of the driving shaft and for applying the spring-impressed torque of the- 'mounting shaft to the "shaft carrier at that single:

point, said supporting means comprising an arm rigidly attached to the mounting shaft and having radial extent therefrom,

tioned arm,

mounting shaft, whereby said single intermediate point of the'shaftcarrier is swung two power transmitting-means one between one .end of the driving shaft and the wheel and axle element and the other between the other end of the driving shaft and the accessory, both powby movements of the shaft in said plane.

er transmitting'means being rendered effective REFERENCES CITED The following references are of'recorid ln the file of this patent; V j V v UNITED STATES PATENTS socket means by which: theshaft carrier is mounted at said single Y point on the free end of said arm, another arm rigidly attached to the shaft carrier at a point immediately adjacent said socket means and-ex-' tending-its free end to apoint immediately'adla cent the'rigidly' attached end of the :flrst men-' and socket means connecting-the: free end of the second mentioneds arm totthe' about the rotation of: the mounting shaft and the shaftcar rier has swinging movement about said intermediate point restricted to'a' plane substantially 1 normal to the radial. extend of said arms; and

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